Rise of Kingdoms Academy Research Guide: Economic vs Military Technology

The Academy is where you research technology in Rise of Kingdoms. Research gives permanent bonuses, and the order you research in shapes how fast your account grows.

Two technology trees

Tree	Focus
Economic Technology	Building speed, research speed, gathering, production and storage
Military Technology	Troop stats, troop tiers, healing, march size and more

Economic research first

Early on, economic research pays for itself. Prioritise:

1. Research speed – everything after it finishes faster.
2. Building speed – speeds up every City Hall step.
3. Gathering speed – more resources per march. See our gathering guide.
4. Production and storage – a steadier economy.

Then military research

Once your economy is solid, move to military technology:

1. New troop tiers – the biggest jump in army strength.
2. Stats for your main troop type. See our troop types guide.
3. Healing – reduces the cost of every fight.
4. March size – bigger armies for barbarians, rallies and KvK.

Keep the Academy busy

• Never leave research idle.
• Use alliance help on every research.
• Save research speed-ups for events that reward them – see our Mightiest Governor guide.

Academy and City Hall

Higher research levels require a higher-level Academy, which depends on your City Hall. Plan both together so neither waits on the other.

Common mistakes

• An idle research queue.
• Military research too early.
• Researching every troop type evenly instead of focusing.

Research is a long game. Keep it running and follow a clear order – the bonuses will show up everywhere.